13.06.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Adyen Experience - Stibbe advised the joint global coordinators Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan and the other joint bookrunners ABN AMRO, BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup on the IPO of Adyen on Euronext Amsterdam. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Rein van Helden, Reinout de Boer, Emile Bongers, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
07.05.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Pershing Square Experience - Stibbe is advising Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. ("PSH") on a tender offer to purchase up to an aggregate amount of $300 million of PSH’s public shares. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Reinout de Boer, Roderik Vrolijk, Rik van Kessel
03.04.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Buy Way Personal Finance Experience - Stibbe assisted Buy Way Personal Finance, a Belgian-Luxembourg consumer credit provider with the set-up of its inaugural public asset-backed securities (ABS) programme. Read more Team: Philip Van Steenwinkel, Ysaline Mouthuy, Giovanni Smet, Ivan Peeters, Jean-Marc Delcour, Olivier dal Farra
23.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises B&S Group Experience - Stibbe advised B&S Group on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam. B&S Group is an international wholesaler and distributor of fast-moving consumer goods across a range of niche markets. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen, Samuel Gray, Jean-Marc Delcour, Steven Hijink, Rein van Helden
31.01.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Payvision Experience - Stibbe advised Payvision, a global merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment provider, on its strategic partnership with ING. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Duco de Boer, Rogier Raas, Paul Quist, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Roderik Vrolijk, Geertje Jonker, Judica Krikke, Paul Vestering, Jeroen Smits, Janna van Olst, Johanne Boelhouwer, Floris ten Have, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Ivo Nelissen
10.11.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Constellium Experience - Stibbe advises Constellium N.V. on its offerings of ordinary shares and notes and on its cash tender offers of notes. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Emile Bongers, Jean-Marc Delcour, Anne-Catherine Devaux, IJsbrand van Straten, Rik van Kessel
31.10.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Frigoglass Experience - Stibbe advises Frigoglass on the completion of its restructuring proces Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jaap Willeumier, Rein van Helden, Paul Quist, Daisy Nijkamp, Dennis Mollema
09.02.2017 EU law Stibbe advises Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC on the dual-track process of Mauser Group N.V. Experience - Stibbe advises the private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC on the dual-track exit process of Mauser Group N.V., a global producer of industrial packaging. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Rein van Helden, Paul Vestering, Michael Molenaars, Emile Bongers, Steven Hijink, IJsbrand van Straten, Dennis Mollema, Lieke Stroeve, Roderik Vrolijk, Nora Offergelt, Ingrid Viertelhauzen
16.12.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Expedia on the IPO of trivago Experience - Expedia is one of the world’s leading travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes some of the world’s most trusted online travel brands, including trivago. trivago is a global hotel search platform, in which Expedia holds 65.6% of the shares. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Michael Molenaars, Paul Vestering, IJsbrand van Straten, Emile Bongers, Barbara Bier, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Julie-Anne Siegers, Bas Buirma
02.08.2016 NL law Stibbe advises on additional notes offering of NXP Semiconductors Experience - Stibbe advises Barclays on the additional notes offering of NXP Semiconductors for an amount of USD 500 million. Read more Pieter Schütte Partner Amsterdam
23.06.2016 Stibbe advises Aegon on the launch of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands Experience - Stibbe has made a significant contribution to the establishment of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. Aegon is the first company to receive approval from the Dutch Central Bank to launch a General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. This offers a cost-effective alternative for new and existing company pension schemes. Read more
13.06.2016 Stibbe advises on the IPO of Philips Lighting Experience - Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan (as joint global coordinators) and the other underwriters on the IPO of Philips Lighting. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
12.07.2018 NL law Invoering UBO-register uitgesteld naar 2019 Short Reads - Nadat lange tijd de verwachting was dat het UBO-register in de zomer van 2018 operationeel zou kunnen zijn, heeft de Minister van Financiën bij brief van 20 april 2018 laten weten dat de indiening van het definitieve wetsvoorstel wordt uitgesteld tot begin 2019. Aanleiding voor deze vertraging is de inwerkingtreding van de Vijfde Anti-witwasrichtlijn (EU/2018/843). Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Rogier Raas
21.06.2018 NL law ECM seminar: ‘Major shareholders on the stock exchange’ Seminar - On 21 June 2018, Stibbe will host its annual Equity Capital Markets seminar focusing on listed companies with a major shareholder. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Derk Lemstra
01.06.2018 BE law Stibbe attends the ABS Global Conference in Barcelona Conference - AFME and IMN organize their 22nd annual meeting from 5-7 June 2018, which will take place in Barcelona. Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Philip Van Steenwinkel, Jean-Marc Delcour, Robert Steeg, Ysaline Mouthuy
20.04.2018 NL law Hosting MAR-symposium and publication Market Abuse Handbook Inside Stibbe - To coincide with the publication of the third edition of the Market Abuse Handbook, Stibbe's Amsterdam office hosted a symposium for all partners of the Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Law (OO&R), organised by the OO&R, on Wednesday 11 April 2018. Read more Steven Hijink Counsel Amsterdam
12.07.2018 NL law Wetsvoorstel omzetting aandelen aan toonder ingediend bij de Tweede Kamer Short Reads - Op 9 april 2018 is het wetsvoorstel Wet omzetting aandelen aan toonder bij de Tweede Kamer ingediend. Het wetsvoorstel beoogt de identificatie van houders van aandelen aan toonder uitgegeven door vennootschappen in Europees Nederland en Bonaire, Eustatius en Saba (BES) mogelijk te maken. Read more Team: Rogier Raas, Barbara Bier, Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar
07.06.2018 NL law Introduction of Green Loan Principles Short Reads - Green finance and sustainable finance are trending topics. After green bonds becoming an increasingly common financing instrument, there is a growing demand by borrowers for green loans. For lenders on the other hand, also in view of various recent initiatives of the European Union in respect of sustainability, participation in (syndicated) green loans is expected to become more important within the investment criteria of a financial institution. Read more Rein van Helden Partner Amsterdam
28.05.2018 BE law New Belgian Companies Code heads for Parliament Articles - Last Friday, the 25th of May, the Council of Ministers approved the text of the draft law for a new Companies Code. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Stefan Odeurs
02.03.2018 EU law Een kritische blik op recente ontwikkelingen in China Articles - Xi Jinping wordt de nieuwe Mao, HNA zet 100,000 mensen op straat en Peking pleegt een coup bij Anbang. China was de laatste dagen niet uit het nieuws weg te slaan. Wat betekent dit voor onze bedrijven? Read more Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels
11.07.2018 NL law Update initiatiefwetsvoorstel introductie instemmingsrecht en aanscherping vaste beloning bankiers Short Reads - Op 25 april 2018 heeft de Afdeling advisering van de Raad van State (hierna Raad van State) een kritisch advies uitgebracht over het initiatief-wetsvoorstel om de wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft) te wijzigen. Op 5 juli 2018 is dit advies tezamen met de reactie van de initiatiefnemers van het wetsvoorstel op het advies van de Raad van State gepubliceerd, evenals het aangepaste wetsvoorstel dat is aangeboden aan de Tweede Kamer. Read more Team: Astrid Helstone, Rogier Raas, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Manuel Lokin, Emma van der Vos
06.06.2018 BE law New Companies Code submitted to Parliament: Eight proposed changes to keep in mind Articles - On Monday 4 June 2018, the draft law for the new Belgian Companies Code was submitted to Parliament. The proposal seeks to fundamentally modernize Belgian company law. Considering the broad and sweeping nature of the changes, the new code will affect every Belgian company and any foreign company with business in Belgium in various ways. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Jan Bogaert
25.04.2018 EU law 25 April 2018: Stibbe sponsors LPEA Insights conference in Luxembourg on 'Building the Real Economy' Conference - LPEA, Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, organises a conference in Luxembourg, which brings on stage General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) to discuss and showcase the private equity sector from the perspective of local practitioners, together with additional contributions from guest speakers specially invited to the event. Stibbe Luxembourg is a proud sponsor of this event, which some of our lawyers will attend. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Claire-Marie Darnand, Renaud Graas
23.01.2018 BE law Changes to the law on financing SMEs Articles - The Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs (the “SME Financing Act”) introduced legislation that regulates how SMEs are financed [1]. On 8 January of this year, the law amending the SME Financing Act has entered into force (the “Amending Act”). Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Philip Van Steenwinkel